Shigeru Miyamoto has been teasing us with the prospect of a Wii Music game since way back in 2006, when he wowed the crowds at E3 by conducting an orchestra with his Wiimote. That game is not scheduled to appear until 2008, so what to do between now and then? Here comes Namco Bandai galloping to the rescue; they’ve just announced a port of their musical DS game Nodama Cantabile: Dream Orchestra for the Wii.

Based on a popular Manga comic book series, the original game used the stylus for keeping the pace of the music, a task for which the motion sensitive Wiimote is much more appropriate. This new version will feature 50 songs, together with a new story mode with cutscenes to play through.

The game is dated for release in Japan on 27th December, with no announcement yet for a European publisher. However, if the success of Cooking Mama is anything to go by, Dream Orchestra is a dead cert to be picked up for Western distribution.

Via Revolution Portal

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This entry was posted on Sunday, September 30th, 2007 at 5:26 pm by Bulent Yusuf
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